Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Calculated Insults

December 28

Bye

Go forward and be choked with thy ambition!

-Henry VI Part 1,
Act II, Scene iv
December 27

Odious

You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate
As reek o’ the rotten fens, whose loves I prize
As the dead carcasses of unburied men
That do corrupt my air.

–Coriolanus,
Act III, Scene iii
August 27

Burn

…And thou unfit for any place but hell.

-Richard III,
Act I, Scene ii
August 10

Deceiver

Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.

–Othello,
Act IV, Scene ii
August 5

Lake Superior

You are idle shallow things: I am not of your element.

–Twelfth Night,
Act III, Scene iv
August 1

Venom in Velvet

For I must tell you friendly in your ear:
Sell when you can; you are not for all markets.

–As You Like It,
Act III, Scene v